Runners Round Table

In my exploring PodCasts via my wife’s iPod, I came across Runners Round Table. It’s a weekly hour-long discussion that sucks you in.

The concept: A bunch of folks get on the phone for an hour and either just talk about stuff or talk to a guest for an hour. Maybe five or six people, although the NY Marathon review had a few more.

After listening to a few, I volunteered to participate, and probably will be on, notwithstanding what no one would accuse me of having a beautiful singing voice, in the next month or so. It’s an interesting group, all nuts about their running, most with their own blogs. And the interaction is more interesting than solo efforts.

I liked Episode 4, with John Ellis. John’s view is more like ours, i.e., if you’re running a marathon you build a season around it and build towards it, adapting for the specific terrain you’ll encounter (e.g., Boston v. Chicago). Same concept for shorter races where you engage in periodization.

Many of the other participants are more easy-going about this stuff. SOme seem to run a marathon one month and an ultra the next and then maybe through in a tri. As I say, it’s addictive.